sunday night i was bleeding and ready to kill.
i have watched teh replay 3 times now and looking at the game as a footy fan and not a tiger fan it wasnt a bad game
sure we f up alot, made many silly errors, but i guess you get that in round 1. i see it this way now, we played round 1, the blues were in round 4 or 5.
when we played bad we were shocking, but it was a hell of an improvement compared to the last 2 seasons rnd 1 games.
i reckon sunday night we would have beaten at least 10 other teams playing like that, its just that teh blues and pagan are on a mission, will it last , time will tell.
we played 2 and 1/2 good quarters then as we got in front, we relaxed and went too defensive, lack of match thinking and practice killed us along with some dreadful skills at times.
we will learn from this game and learn fast,
i bet v the swans we will not over use the handball.
not talking negatives anymore
just want to point out some positives
1/ our fwd line was efficient and not as predictable
2/ krak lookied like his fitness has improved 10 fold
3/ tiv played imo the best game in his career
4/ foley
5/ howat
6/ moore mad e an error or but was not alone, but he showed real good signs
7/ mguane, i thought won his battle, he was really goos imho
8/ polak showed signs that he will be the trade of the season(forget aker)
9/ petts although lazy at times is showing that he is gonna be a more consistant player
10/ we played with no ruck stocks and a small defence and still did not get smashed
11/ when we played on our terms and with space we looked damn good
12/ many players were down on the night which means one thing, we will get better
13/ bring on the swans , i sense an upset coming!